Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma: A 9-year study of Italian conscripts

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-215

  Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a,c   Vizzaccaro, Andrea ^b   Cirillo, Ignazio ^b   Tosca, Mariangela ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Navy Hospital   (Italy)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Underdiagnosis; Undertreatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034905268     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053818     Document Type: Article

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